Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1887-07-02
PEOPLE TALKED ABOUT.
What the Newspapers Say Conccrnlr
wcll Known Mon and Women.

Wha. the Newspapers Say Concerning
wcIl Known Mon and Women.
Mrs. Lizzie Chanpney, tho well known
writer of cliildrcn's stories, is !. tall, sleli-
der woman and graceful talkcr. llcr
husband illustrates her stories.
Miss .Auita Lucille Cody, daughter Of
sBufIalo Bill" is beautiful brunette OF
90 summers, is tall, l,as II pretty figure,
aud is vivacious aud well educated
Mr.. Anderson Critchctt, the celebrated
London surgeon, was recently offered u
fee Of s35, 900, probably the largest mctil-
cal honorarium on record, 10 go to India
to treat one Of The native princes. After
consideration he declined the offer.
Ono of the last ucts performed by Benz:
hcrlcy Poore before lie was stricken down
was on the recent birthday of George w.
Childs. Mr.. Poorc went to the govern
mcnt printing Office and set his ,OOO ems
for the Childs fund like the rest OF tho
printers.
The Goulds seem to take to stocks as
naturally us ducks to water. Eddy"
Gould, Georges younger brother, who is
20 years old, with Il boyish face and tiny
black mustachc, haunts tho New York
Exchange and operates i'll stocks i'll u
nervy way. His antics afford much
amusement to the old and scdatc mcnl-
bcrs.
Sir Henry Ponsonby, private secretary
to Queen Victoria, is Il miniature edition
OF Kaiser Wilhelm. His mnstachc and
whiskcrs arc cut in. the exact shape and
| A. ~ IL
wlitc hair is brushed over high, hrlGing
forehead, nlso in the Wilhelm style.
Modjcska's aim, according to her own
frank confession, is to make money
enough to return to CALIFORNIA; and pass
tho remainder of her days on her sunny
! ranch. Tho strain and incident Of being
OH the road have troubled her greatly dur
ing the present season, and many of her
performances have been given when she
was scarcely able to walk.
Sir John Macdonald, premier Of Canada,
is exceedingly annoyed at tho statement
which has been frequently printed in
newspapers that he began life as II boot
black. He says that while his people were
moi. rich, his youth had the surroundings
of u refined home, and that his family is
of ancient Scotch descent.
John Roach possessed genuine Irish
wit. When he came to this country he
was only 10 years old. Some time after
his arrival lie met one Of his fathers most
intimate friends, who asked him how he
was getting along. Getting along foine, "
said he ''Shure, when [ KEN TO this
country l hndn'ta rag to me back, an
now I'm covered all over wild them. )"
A new portrait of Thomas Bailey Al
{lrich is being printed in tho newspapers
which is IL striking example of low faitt-
full is the resemblance of the average
newspaper picture and the original. Look
ing lcisurcly over a pile Of exchanges i'll
his office last week, Mr.. Aldrich ran uvc1
the headlines and casually glanced over
not less than four papers containing his
portrait without making the discovery
that The counterpart there presented was
intended for himself a friend sitting 1t
his elbow finally called the authors at
tcntion to the portrait. After looking at
it II moment Mr.. Aldrich said: 'Wcll,
think l may be pardoned for not having
recognized that"